70 years ago; the Campaign for the Solomon Islands Begins.

[syscom3]

70 years ago, the war in the Pacific took a new turn.

The USMC invaded Guadalcanal.

And tonight, the IJN soundly whipped the butts of the USN in the battle of Savo Island.

Here's a salute to the dwindling numbers of combatants from both sides, who took part in these vicious battles!

I hope that the newcomers to this forum spend some time checking out my thread, "this day in the Pacific war", and look over the details.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Hey Syscom, if you don't mind, I would like post a few letters that I have submitted to the editor regarding Guadalcanal. Bear in mind that their scanned from the respective papers.

 

[davebender]

Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Solomons campaign began during May 1942 when Japan captured Guadalcanal and Tulagi.

The August 1942 USMC invasions of Guadalcanal and Tulagi were a counter attack.